--- a/include/linux/mm.h~mm-report-which-part-of-mem-is-being-freed-on-initmem-case +++ a/include/linux/mm.h @@ -2416,7 +2416,7 @@ static inline unsigned long free_initmem extern char __init_begin[], __init_end[]; return free_reserved_area(&__init_begin, &__init_end, - poison, "unused kernel"); + poison, "unused kernel image (initmem)"); } static inline unsigned long get_num_physpages(void)